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Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 4, No. 2, 157-164 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839902250770
© 2003 Society for Public Health Education

Adoption and Institutionalization of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) in El Paso, Texas

Edward M. Heath, PhD

Karen J. Coleman, PhD

One goal of national health-promotion research is to disseminate and institutionalize experimentally tested programs in local communities. In 1997, the national Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) was chosen by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation as their first community-wide preventive health initiative for the El Paso, Texas/Juárez, México border region. With help from researchers at the University of Texas at Houston, evaluators from the University of Texas at El Paso, and the Region 19 Educational Services Center, CATCH was implemented in 18 Title I pilot schools. Known as the Coordinated Approach to Child Health 5 years later, the El Paso CATCH program has been embraced by the border community and reaches 108 elementary schools from New Mexico to West Central Texas. There are also plans to implement CATCH in Juárez. This article describes the institutionalization of CATCH in a predominately Hispanic, low income border region.

Key Words: Hispanic • U.S./México border • physical activity • nutrition • health education


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